Decoding e-Commerce Laws, e-Gazette, e-Contracts and Misanthropy: India’s First Mass Surveillance, Mass Spying and Unending Census Case -Part 13

(But persons who possess neither faith nor knowledge, and who are of an indecisive nature, suffer a downfall) (For the indecisive souls, there is no happiness either in this world or the next.) - Chapter 4, Verse 40, The Bhagavad Gita “When the...

How ‘Big Tent’ Are Democrats Willing to Go?

For the first few months of his U.S. Senate campaign, Graham Platner looked like just the kind of candidate that many Democrats say they want right now. The party has been bleeding working-class men for decades, including in the two elections it...

These Are The 15 Most Dangerous States In America To Live In And Florida Ranks 4th

iStockphoto / FoxysGraphic Audio By Carbonatix Measuring the ‘safest states’ or ‘most dangerous states‘ isn’t based on one single metric because there are obviously an array of factors in life that impact that… Crime is just one component but road...

CT lobstermen reflect on the industry’s glory days

Connecticut once had a booming lobster business. What happened? WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Dana Edwards to discuss his article, “26 years after lobster die-off, CT lobstermen reflect on a net loss,” as part of the collaborative...

New Northern Light Health CEO takes office

Dr. Guy Hudson outlines his approach to challenges as Northern Light Health's new CEO amid mounting health care access issues in Maine. BREWER, Maine — It's the fourth day on the job for new president and CEO of Northern Light Health Dr. Guy...

105 Bigfoot sightings in Idaho: Creature has excellent taste in real estate

For context, a study shows Idahoans have better odds of seeing Bigfoot than winning most lottery jackpots. Still better odds than finding parking in Downtown Boise. IDAHO, USA — Idaho has been scientifically ranked as the eighth most likely place...

Trump offshore drilling plan faces fierce opposition in Congress

Lawmakers are girding for a fight against President Donald Trump’s apparent plans to open up the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines to offshore drilling. In interviews Thursday, Democrats called the idea “not lawful,” a “huge mistake” and “absolutely...

Nessel joins challenge to EPA’s attacks on affordable clean energy for low-income households

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and 22 other state plaintiffs are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin for illegally ending a $7 billion program that lowers energy costs and pollution by...

PODCAST: CT lobstermen reflect on the industry’s glory days

CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. Create more of it with a tax-deductible donation today. Connecticut once had a booming lobster business. What happened? WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Dana Edwards...

Government Shutdown: Federal Employees Miss First Full Paycheck

Topline Some federal employees missed full paychecks Friday for the first time since the government shut down on Oct. 1, as the closure will last at least until Monday, the next time the Senate is expected to vote on a funding bill. The government...

Keep Cozy This Fall With These Movies

As we feel the first gusts of an autumn chill in the air, there’s often an instinct to cozy up with a spiced beverage and a cozy blanket and watch a nostalgic seasonal film. There are some movies that are simply destined to be watched in the fall....

The Taliban Drove This Afghan Trumpeter Into Exile. He Still Dreams of Home

A s the Taliban entered Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 15, 2021, Qudrat Wasefi, a resolute 22-year-old trumpeter, flung open the windows of his music school’s empty wood-paneled studio and started to play as loudly as he could. “I thought it was my...

Eli’s Market honored as Chamber’s Business of the Year

DOVER-FOXCROFT — In just three years since assuming full ownership of the grocery store in downtown Guilford, the former Goulette’s IGA and Whitney’s Market, Eli’s Market and owner Eli Dunfee have been chosen as the 2025 Piscataquis Chamber of...

These 2 states will determine if the U.S. slips into a recession while one more enters the danger zone, top economist says

The U.S. economy is still managing to avoid a recession, but just barely, with its fate likely resting on California and New York, according to Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi. In social media posts on Wednesday, he reiterated his...

A Connecticut way of life disappeared. ‘Overnight, it was done. It was ended.’

Bart Mansi used to haul a thousand pounds of lobster a day. Now he sets out just a couple dozen traps, out of curiosity — or force of habit — and he’s lucky to catch 10 lobsters. “I’ve been doing it all my life. I gotta see for myself,” he said....

Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: an Appeal in a Time of Darkness

Still from David Lynch’s Lost Highway (1997). So, here we are on the precipice. Not just CounterPunch, but the country, even the 30% who refuse to believe it. Indeed, we may well be off the precipice, suspended in air above the chasm, like Wile E....

Bigfoot enthusiasts talk legends and close encounters at festival in Eustis

Cheryle Levesque, of Hampden, and Joanne Bean, of Stratton, pose with a Bigfoot couple Saturday at Maine’s Bigfoot Festival in Eustis. (Dee Menear/Staff Writer) EUSTIS — The allure of the legendary Bigfoot drew hundreds of people from across the...

This photographer has a distinctive niche: Portraits of bugs

What does he capture? “Really tiny stuff. The tinier, the better.” BRUNSWICK, Maine — When it comes to certain animals, resistance is futile. Just about all of us smile and coo and melt when we see puffins, puppies, bear cubs and seals. Spiders?...

ICE raids are coming to San Francisco; Israel continues to restrict aid into Gaza; U.S. to support Ukrainian strikes inside Russia

Israel must allow UN agencies, including UNRWA, into Gaza to deliver aid, the International Court of Justice rules, and denies Israeli claims that Hamas had “infiltrated” UNRWA; Israel responds that UNRWA will “not set foot” in Gaza again....

Coast Guard suspends plan to remove New England navigational aids

Rhode Island legislators welcomed the U.S. Coast Guard’s decision this week to suspend a plan that would have removed hundreds of navigational buoys along New England’s coast, including dozens marking hazards in Rhode Island waters. The Coast...